Teams | 49 | ||||
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Finals site | O'Neill Center Danbury, Connecticut | ||||
Champions | Washington University Bears (3rd title) | ||||
Runner-up | Southern Maine Huskies (2nd title game) | ||||
Third place | St. Thomas Tommies (4th Final Four) | ||||
Fourth place | Scranton Royals (6th Final Four) | ||||
Winning coach | Nancy Fahey (3rd title) | ||||
MOP | Alia Fischer (Washington University in St. Louis) | ||||
Attendance | 30,465 | ||||
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The 2000 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 19th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States. [1]
Two-time defending champions Washington St. Louis defeated Southern Maine in the championship game, 79–33, to claim the Bears' third Division III national title, their third of four consecutive.
The championship rounds were hosted by Western Connecticut State University at the O'Neill Center in Danbury, Connecticut from March 17–18, 2000.
First round March 1, 2000 | Second round March 4, 2000 | Sectional semifinals March 10, 2000 | Sectional finals March 11, 2000 | ||||||||||||
Allentown | 54 | ||||||||||||||
King's (PA) | 62 | ||||||||||||||
Johns Hopkins | 57 | ||||||||||||||
King's (PA) | 60 | ||||||||||||||
King's (PA) | 45 | ||||||||||||||
Mid-Atlantic Region | |||||||||||||||
Scranton | 49 | ||||||||||||||
Messiah | 71 | ||||||||||||||
Bethany (WV) | 66 | ||||||||||||||
Messiah | 43 | ||||||||||||||
Scranton | 67 | ||||||||||||||
Scranton | 72 | ||||||||||||||
St. Lawrence | 59 | ||||||||||||||
Cortland State | 55 | ||||||||||||||
St. John Fisher | 66 | ||||||||||||||
St. John Fisher | 66 | ||||||||||||||
Mount St. Mary (NY) | 55 | ||||||||||||||
St. John Fisher | 62 | ||||||||||||||
East Region | |||||||||||||||
St. Lawrence* | 67 | ||||||||||||||
William Smith | 78 | ||||||||||||||
Gwynedd Mercy | 52 | ||||||||||||||
William Smith | 43 | ||||||||||||||
St. Lawrence | 49 |
First round March 1, 2000 | Second round March 4, 2000 | Sectional semifinals March 10, 2000 | Sectional finals March 11, 2000 | ||||||||||||
Baldwin Wallace | 77 | ||||||||||||||
Wilmington (OH) | 72 | ||||||||||||||
Wilmington (OH) | 46 | ||||||||||||||
Kenyon | 64 | ||||||||||||||
Baldwin Wallace | 76** | ||||||||||||||
Great Lakes Region | |||||||||||||||
Calvin | 72 | ||||||||||||||
Calvin | 68 | ||||||||||||||
Lake Forest | 42 | ||||||||||||||
Calvin | 64 | ||||||||||||||
Capital | 63 | ||||||||||||||
Baldwin Wallace | 71 | ||||||||||||||
Washington St. Louis | 86 | ||||||||||||||
Washington St. Louis | 67 | ||||||||||||||
Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 46 | ||||||||||||||
Wisconsin Lutheran | 38 | ||||||||||||||
Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 54 | ||||||||||||||
Washington St. Louis | 81 | ||||||||||||||
Central Region | |||||||||||||||
Wisconsin–Eau Claire | 63 | ||||||||||||||
Millikin | 77 | ||||||||||||||
Fontbonne | 54 | ||||||||||||||
Millikin | 38 | ||||||||||||||
Wisconsin–Eau Claire | 75 |
First round March 1, 2000 | Second round March 4, 2000 | Sectional semifinals March 10, 2000 | Sectional finals March 11, 2000 | ||||||||||||
Bates | 59 | ||||||||||||||
Clark (MA) | 63 | ||||||||||||||
Clark (MA) | 63 | ||||||||||||||
Norwich | 58 | ||||||||||||||
Clark (MA) | 61 | ||||||||||||||
Northeast Region | |||||||||||||||
Southern Maine | 77 | ||||||||||||||
Salem State | 55 | ||||||||||||||
Wellesley | 48 | ||||||||||||||
Salem State | 68 | ||||||||||||||
Southern Maine | 72 | ||||||||||||||
Southern Maine | 65 | ||||||||||||||
Rowan | 62 | ||||||||||||||
Rowan | 87 | ||||||||||||||
Salisbury State | 73 | ||||||||||||||
Salisbury State | 80 | ||||||||||||||
Staten Island | 63 | ||||||||||||||
Rowan | 70 | ||||||||||||||
Atlantic Region | |||||||||||||||
Eastern Nazarene | 44 | ||||||||||||||
Richard Stockton | 80 | ||||||||||||||
Centenary (NJ) | 45 | ||||||||||||||
Richard Stockton | 63 | ||||||||||||||
Eastern Nazarene | 66 |
First round March 1, 2000 | Second round March 4, 2000 | Sectional semifinals March 10, 2000 | Sectional finals March 11, 2000 | ||||||||||||
St. Thomas (MN) | 64 | ||||||||||||||
Pacific Lutheran | 45 | ||||||||||||||
Pacific Lutheran | 50 | ||||||||||||||
Whitworth | 46 | ||||||||||||||
St. Thomas (MN) | 76 | ||||||||||||||
West Region | |||||||||||||||
George Fox | 64 | ||||||||||||||
George Fox | 63 | ||||||||||||||
Linfield | 51 | ||||||||||||||
George Fox | 71 | ||||||||||||||
Cal Lutheran | 63 | ||||||||||||||
Cal Lutheran | 72 | ||||||||||||||
UC San Diego | 66 | ||||||||||||||
St. Thomas (MN) | 68 | ||||||||||||||
Hardin-Simmons | 56 | ||||||||||||||
McMurry | 62 | ||||||||||||||
Simpson (CA) | 47 | ||||||||||||||
McMurry | 70 | ||||||||||||||
Hendrix | 59 | ||||||||||||||
Hendrix | 56 | ||||||||||||||
Maryville (TN) | 44 | ||||||||||||||
McMurry | 60 | ||||||||||||||
South Region | |||||||||||||||
Hardin-Simmons | 62 | ||||||||||||||
Roanoke | 69 | ||||||||||||||
Shenandoah | 55 | ||||||||||||||
Roanoke | 76 | ||||||||||||||
Hardin-Simmons | 101 |
Final Four March 17, 2000 O'Neill Center Danbury, CT | National championship March 18, 2000 O'Neill Center Danbury, CT | ||||||
Scranton | 30 | ||||||
Washington St. Louis | 64 | ||||||
Washington St. Louis | 79 | ||||||
Southern Maine | 33 | ||||||
Southern Maine | 49 | ||||||
St. Thomas (MN) | 42 | Third place | |||||
Scranton | 56 | ||||||
St. Thomas (MN) | 66 |
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